Truck stops.
After deciding to buy a Fifth-wheel I started thinking what I would need to know about this thing. One of the first things I realized is I have not been at a truck stop with a trailer hitched up sinc...
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Butch50 wrote:Wild Card wrote:
I prefer truck stops for convenience. 5-10c a gallon doesn't put in poverty and it saves me in stress.
5 to 10 cents wouldn't bother me either but right now Springdale, AR has diesel at $2.29/Phillips 66 to 2.47/Harps grocery. Pilot in the same town is $2.96 per gallon. This a $.49 a gallon difference. I have the Flying J/ Pilot credit card (deducts straight from my bank account) and even with my discounts it still doesn't come close to how much more they are charging. I was just in MO a few days ago and seen the same thing.
Using even the $2.47 to the 2.96 price if you pump 30 gallons that equates to almost $15.00 more for one fill up. I don't know about you but after a little over 4 fill ups at Pilot I can get my 5th for free at the other stations that is a big difference.
I'm retired and don't get any increase in my pension or very little in SS so I have to make all of mine count in order to travel the way I like. Been officially retired for over 15 years, retired at 53. We are still able to travel the way we like and at this time don't see any reason that we won't be able to continue. If Pilot/Flying J is the only place handy then so be it I will fill up there and keep on trucking.
This is IMO.
I've found the same thing cross multi states, Gas Buddy's my friend traveling. So in another post it said $15 a tank saving x how many tanks a year? Just by driving a couple extra miles.
https://www.gasbuddy.com/
